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FOREIGN ALPHABETS 5 Excerpted from Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova.

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Page 1: Foreign Alphabets - Routes to Roots · PDF fileFOREIGN ALPHABETS 6 Source: ... Like other languages employing the Hebrew alphabet (such as Yiddish, Ladino, and Judeo-Arabic), Hebrew

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5Excerpted from Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova.

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Source: The text and alphabets for the Yiddish and Hebrew pages were prepared by Zachary M. Baker, headlibrarian of YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; the font was adapted with the assistance of Jeffrey Salant,director of Yiddish Language Programs at YIVO Institute of Jewish Research; and the page layout was doneby William F. Hoffman, linguist and desktop publishing specialist.

Excerpted from Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova.